Some think I wink at them when I shut my eyes to avoid their sight.

If a man loses a dear friend, he looks around and sees many friends come to console and comfort him. If a man loses his wealth, after a little thought he will realize that the delight that came from wealth will be restored by finding more. Thus he forgets his loss and is consoled. But if a man's heart is deprived of peace, where will he find it again, how will he replace it?

Let ignorance reproduce itself until it is weary of its own offspring.

Life has two halves: one patient and one afire. Love is the fiery half. Make me, O Lord, food for the flames.

The most wonderful thing, Mary, is that you and I are always walking together, hand in hand, in a strangely beautiful world, unknown to other people. We both stretch one hand to receive from Life - and Life is generous indeed.

The veil that clouds your eyes shall be lifted by the hands that wove it.

Inspiration is in seeing a part of the whole with the part of the whole in you.